Big Tree Trail Light

by Debby Pueschel

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Big Tree Trail Light

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Debby Pueschel

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Photograph - Photograph

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Clouds part allowing the blue sky to show, and the sun to shine on the beautiful trees in the Big Tree Trail at Sequoia National Park in Tulare County, Central California. The red bark of these magnificent trees shimmer in the sun. Stunning beauty of these trees, tall and stately, are unsurpassed by any other tree. The mature giant sequoias along Round Meadow are easy to spot. These monarchs can be over 250 feet tall with massive bare trunks and a collection of branches at their round top. This allows these massive trees to absorb sunlight at the top of the forest canopy while having less fuel for fires lower down. Even when giant sequoias stop growing taller they will continue to grow wider. Younger sequoias (under 100 years old) have a pointed top and a lot more branches designed to grab whatever sunlight they can get near the forest floor. What few realize, is that these massive giant trees, support their own eco system in their canopies. A study recently by National Geographic studied these trees discovering this specific eco system supported by the trees. Incredible, there is an eco system at the base of the trees, and changes as the tree grows larger.

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January 25th, 2020

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